Clendon Kiernan has always preferred the shadows. A place where he
was free from the hate and fear, from the stares and ridicule of others.
One night Clen discovers the shocking truth of why. He is a Shade. A
thing of darkness. A creature with the ability to shred souls. When a
vile whisper tells him to destroy everything around him Clen does the
only thing he can.

But he cannot run from himself. The darkness growing inside Clen will
soon consume him if he does not learn to control it. In his quest to do
so, Clen learns that there is an entire world that exists in the
shadows of Ellis, a world that has been hidden from him – secret clans
with extraordinary abilities, the ghosts of a hidden past, and a war
that’s been brewing for millennia. Clen must uncover the true history of
Ellis, see through the generations of lies and deceit, and suffer
betrayal and heartbreak if he is to save all those who hate and fear
him. But when he learns the truth, will he want to?

The darkness in him could save Ellis. Or it could be what destroys it.

About the Author:Cody was born in Upstate New York. Eventually setting off to seek his
fortune, he worked in a paper mill, a whipped cream factory, cleaned
apartments, and administratively assisted several organizations before
returning to the Adirondacks with a wife and child that he picked up
along the way.

He approaches life as though it were a page – frequently rearranging
paragraphs to make it more interesting if not wholly true, fudging with
the margins to fit more in, and, sometimes, erasing entire sections
altogether.
When not altering reality, he is scouring comic book shops, lying on
the ground, or floor (whichever he happens to be standing on when he
feels the need to go horizontal), trying to convince his wife to make
french toast (she makes amazing french toast), and searching for the
darkest cup of coffee in existence.